January 19, 2017 Hannah and Sophie

Today we went back to Wekiva, surprise surprise. Morning was going well until we had to deal with an upset civilian who was mad about the work we were doing along the fence, specifically one tree on the other side of the fence. Morale was low, but we continued doing the work that we had been told to do by everyone we had met with at the park. We had a lovely lunch by the water followed by a great stretching circle with some interesting questions to go with it. Sean, Kara, and Jill gave us a great pep talk that helped erase the worries that people had after the morning encounter and set us up for a solid few hours of work pulling down some big vines and clearing more debris off of the fence. We got back and everyone relaxed after a longs days work. Some napped and read while others went on a hike where we saw a member of the venomous trio- a diamondback rattlesnake. It was pretty terrifying but also kinda cool and served as a great bonding experience for the group after we huddled together for our lives. We then had a wonderful pasta dinner with some strange yet interesting scary stories. Our friends Greg and Louise told us about a rocket launch that was supposed to happen which made everyone, especially the engineers, excited. However, due to technical issues the launch was rescheduled for the next day which was pretty sad (and we also had chocolateless smores). We had a nice regflection to end the day and helped set us up for a great last day of service at, you guessed it, Wekiva.